Well, we were really hoping that we'd get a chance to play it when we saw the Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius sign in the Square Enix booth today. Instead, it's just a little gameplay demo video that I'm sure will be on YouTube eventually. If you're chomping at the bit for this game, … | Continue reading
It's a fantastic year to be a Pokemon fan. As well as it being the 20th anniversary of the series, the seventh generation of the mainline titles Pokemon Sun and Moon are set to hit 3DS at the end of the year and even more groundbreaking is that the very first Pokemon and even Nin … | Continue reading
For far too long, tennis and heavy metal have been separated. Tennis is way too buttoned up, and Wimbledon is like...the least metal thing ever. It's a bunch of folks wearing all white during the middle of the day. Maybe that's good if you're way into metalcore and other forms of … | Continue reading
As such App Store classics as Fruit Ninja [$1.99] and 1-Bit Ninja [$2.99] have proven, having any sort of reference to ninjas in a game is almost always awesome. GameResort, the makers of App Store Best of 2014 nominee Adventure Beaks [Free] - which we loved in our review - are w … | Continue reading
After a few weeks of fun, new Hearthstone [Free] Tavern Brawls, we are back to an old one, and I suppose it was about time. This week's Brawl is Heart of the Sunwell, a Brawl almost from a year ago (wow, we've had Brawls for almost a year now). Heart of the Sunwell has you buildi … | Continue reading
While everyone is hopefully having a great National Lobster Day, Jared and I are wandering around E3 where anything to do with VR definitely seems to be the flavor of the week. Since massive E3 announcements are dominating the news cycle this week, it doesn't seem like that many … | Continue reading
Dawnbringer [Free], Kiloo Games and Copenhagen Creators' open world RPG that we've written about recently, is out now (one day earlier than announced), and if you like RPGs even a bit, you should probably give it a try. Dawnbringer takes place in a demon-infested realm where you … | Continue reading
As video games increase in complexity, and as there is a unilateral push from both software and hardware developers for graphical prowess, there is a certain charm from games that choose to reminisce on days gone by. Whether it’s titles such as Downwell [$2.99] which have the dif … | Continue reading
It's no secret that the expectation of Apple TV becoming a fully fledged gaming platform that Apple outlined so enthusiastically back in October 2015 has not ended up being a reality. While the initial surge - with titles such as Guitar Hero Live - was particularly strong, it has … | Continue reading
HeroCraft's entry into the prolific Warhammer frnachise, Warhammer 40K: Space Wolf [Free], has just gotten an update with a new PvE survival mode. Chaos Cultists are warping in from a portal, and it's your job to stand your ground and survive for as long as you possibly can. Ther … | Continue reading
It's been an odd year for ChoiceScript interactive fiction games. In the first half of this year, I've reviewed two games related to mermaids, and one game related to pirates. Well, we must be at the end of this particular phase, because Choice Of The Pirate [$3.99] has both merm … | Continue reading
Supercell has just deployed a major update to Clash of Clans [Free] bringin some new units and much-requested features, man of which are inspired by Clash Royale [Free]. Veteran players will be excited for the Friendly Challenges, which allow you to take on fellow clan members in … | Continue reading
[appicon][applink url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leap-day/id1083451870?mt=8"] Nitrome's Leap Day [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leap-day/id1083451870?mt=8"] is a really cool game with a fun concept – there's one new level every single day – but the initial l … | Continue reading
Overkill's popular Payday series of bank heist games is jumping from desktop to mobile with the upcoming Payday: Crime War. And if you're thinking this might be some tie-in simulation game that is only related in name and theme to the main franchise, you thought wrong! This seems … | Continue reading
When Minecraft: Pocket Edition's [$6.99] Friendly Update hit yesterday, we got numerous new features. However, the biggest one is easily Minecraft Realms becoming available to mobile and Windows 10 users. If you don't know what Realms is, think of it as a paid multiplayer server … | Continue reading
If you ask any Clash Royale [Free] player what frustrates them most about the game, people will likely have a wide variety of things, potentially centralizing around the pay model of the game, chest timers, and similar... But it seems everyone is unified around just how frustrati … | Continue reading
Drinkbox Studios, perhaps best known for Guacamelee, has announced that their latest game Severed is in fact hitting iOS. Now, you might be asking "how is this news?!" The game was originally announced for mobile, right? Well, somewhere inbetween the announcement and the present, … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
Every WWDC brings forth the prestigious Apple Design Awards, where Apple honors their favorite apps of the past year. These are generally gorgeous, visually-striking apps, and Apple hasn't been shy about awarding a few games each year. This year, three different games were given … | Continue reading
[applink url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goat-simulator/id868692227?mt=8"]When Goat Simulator from Coffee Stain Games originally hit the App Store back in 2014, it was a massive hit com | Continue reading
iOS 10 was announced at WWDC today, and the iOS 10 beta has already been seeded to developers. One of the big features is that some stock apps can now be deleted, and reinstalled from the App Store. But what's interesting is that one app in particular is permanently deleted: Game … | Continue reading
The Arma series has made a bit of a splash since its initial launch on PC in 2006. Having released three main-line games and numerous spin offs of its hyper-realistic and tactical military simulation, the series truly burst into the mainstream when the famous Day Z mod of Arma 2 … | Continue reading
White Wizard Games, the fine folks behind the popular Star Realms [Free], have just released their latest deckbuilding game onto the App Store, and it will drive you to madness. Cthulhu Realms [Free] is a fast-paced deckbuilding game from Darwin Kastle, designer of Star Realms. Y … | Continue reading
One of the tricky issues that arrived with the Apple TV reveal last year was that Apple suddenly required developers to use the Siri Remote for games, instead of allowing for games to require controllers. This led to ridiculous circumstances where games had to finagle together a … | Continue reading
One of the curious mentions at the WWDC keynote was ReplayKit Live. Only mentioned in passing during the tvOS portion of the keynote, and given a brief display on screen as something that's in iOS 10 that Apple couldn't squeeze in to the keynote, the question remained: just what … | Continue reading
Foursaken Media's set to deliver their next game on mobile this week. Adventure Company, which soft launched earlier this year, is done with testing, and is set to release this week on Thursday, June 16th. It will be free-to-play, but hey, this is 2016, games are gonna be free-to … | Continue reading
Ravenous Games have created a large following over the years by releasing excellent pixel platformers and shooters, with League of Evil [$2.99] being one of the first true twitch action games in the mould of Super Meat Boy. Today marks a dramatic change to their well-refined form … | Continue reading
Apple's WWDC keynote was very light on anything related to games – the most notable games-specific feature was the passing mention of "ReplayKit Live" – but the final feature, Swift Playgrounds, is a pretty cool thing Apple has set to release this fall, with a public beta availab … | Continue reading
Apple announced the latest features coming to tvOS, with the new updates set to hit this fall. If you've misplaced your Apple TV remote and just have your phone, then good news – the Remote app will be updated to support all the functionality of the physical remote, along with fu … | Continue reading
It's Apple's annual developer conference which as always kicks off with a huge keynote address which typically announces all the new features that will be added to Apple's slew of software and what developers will be experiencing during the sessions of the week. Of course, being … | Continue reading
In an effort to make up for lost ground in the battle against Sony's PlayStation, Microsoft is rethinking various aspects of the Xbox experience, from the actual console to the Xbox apps. Speaking of the latter, Microsoft has released updated Xbox [Free] apps for iOS and Android … | Continue reading
Last year saw a radical preorder bonus from Bethesda, where you could get a Pip-Boy attachment with the most limited edition of Fallout 4. You could put your phone in there and have a Pip-Boy for yourself tied to the game, but what about if you wanted a real-life Pip-Boy? Like, w … | Continue reading
Hello everyone and welcome to another Hearthstone [Free] weekly news roundup. Please, have a seat by the fire. Today's news is more varied compared to the last couple of weeks, although we still have a couple of guides on popular and powerful decks. There's also a view of the cur … | Continue reading
Hello everyone, and welcome to the week! It's time once again for our look back at the noteworthy updates of the last seven days. It's an odd assortment of games this week, mostly free-to-play. Nevertheless, there are plenty of goodies to be found in the bunch, and I've gathered … | Continue reading
If you're curious about The Elder Scrolls Legends, Bethesda's free-to-play card game, but have been fretting about it not releasing for phones, only for tablet, good news: Bethesda confirmed at their 2016 E3 conference that the game will be releasing on phones and Android as well … | Continue reading
An update to Fallout Shelter [Free] is set to release in July 2016. The game will be getting a bunch of new content that should help expand the experience. Dwellers can be sent on quests now, and there will be new locations such as a Super Duper Mart to explore. New enemies will … | Continue reading
Telltale Games is doing another season of its breakout hit series, The Walking Dead, and they have revealed the new trailer for the third season of the game at E3. Clementine returns as a star of the new series, but a new character named Javier will play a major role as well. Tel … | Continue reading
Telltale has revealed the first screens and the cast of their anticipated upcoming interactive narrative series featuring The Dark Knight himself, Batman: The Telltale Series. While they're not revealing the entire cast yet, with future roles to be unveiled in future episodes, Tr … | Continue reading
Big news that appropriately enough broke while we were streaming on Mobcrush – the Mobcrush app [Free] is now available worldwide! It's not like you couldn't get your hands on it – it was available for download as an enterprise-distributed beta, and soft launched in a few countri … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
It feels strange to type this, but Square Enix has removed almost the entire Chaos Rings series from the App Store, apparently never to return. From the entire series, only Chaos Rings 3 remains available for purchase. Those aren't the only games they've removed, either. Long-bro … | Continue reading
We're streaming live on Mobcrush right now. There's a couple different ways you can watch the stream, and they all work equally well and it's really just a matter of personal preference as to which method you prefer. The easiest way to watch is just watching the embedded player r … | Continue reading
It's the Friday before E3, it's like a million degrees out in the Chicago area here, and I'm sure things will be even hotter when Jared, Eric and I are wandering around SoCal next week. I'm thinking this should be a pretty big E3 for us, as the "big players" who have dropped out … | Continue reading
Hey everyone, it's Friday and we're close to the end of the week of TouchArcade blasting stories out (unless anything cool happens over the weekend we need to cover), but the fact still remains: To survive, we very much need your support. The business of running a web site is tri … | Continue reading
The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading
Taking a classic game concept, giving it voxel graphics, and making it randomly generated and endless is exactly what Crossy Road [Free] did with the Frogger formula. And then Down The Mountain [Free] did it with the Q-Bert formula. And then Pac-Man 256 [Free] did it to Pac-Man. … | Continue reading
World of Tanks Blitz [Free] has been releasing updates quite frequently in recent months, and although not all of them are substantial, they do show that Wargaming.net intends to continue improving the popular multiplayer game. Update 2.10 has brought improvements to the newly-in … | Continue reading
Colin Lane, the twisted visionary behind Wrassling [Free] and a bunch of other fun fast-action games, is hard at work on a new game, Dunkers. Basically, think Wrassling meets Soccer Physics [$0.99] on the basketball court. You and an opponent will flail your arms about, trying to … | Continue reading